#161922 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	17.55:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.2:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #68759c as the text (4.61:1) AAA: use #8d97b4 as the text (7.22:1) AA: or shift the background to #828282 (4.57:1) AAA: or shift the background to #a6a6a6 (7.21:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #161922 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

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Ink & Paper

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Two greys and one ink-blue link color: the palette of a well-set book page.

Minimal Editorial Clean

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Console Light

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A sober docs palette: one blue for interactive, one green for success, zinc greys for everything else.

Technical Clean Light

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Graphite

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A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.

Technical Muted Dark Modern

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Indigo SaaS

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The dependable indigo-and-emerald B2B pairing: indigo for primary actions, emerald reserved for success states.

Modern Cool CleanSaas

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Studio Grey

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A pure greyscale with a single electric blue — the portfolio palette that makes work look considered.

Minimal Muted Modern

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Cobalt Pop

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One deep cobalt and one hot pink on white — a two-accent system for launches and campaign pages that need punch.

Bold Cool Vivid Modern

Fonts for this mood

#161922 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #161922

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #161922 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/161922-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md